| John Murray - 1919 - 1012 pages
...Calcutta, 1 In his essay on Warren Hastings Macaulay wrote thus: "His first design was on Hen ares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...half a million of human beings was crowded into that laby \ ROUTE 4. BENARES 61 78 m. from Allahabad, 36 in. from Jaunpur, 45 m. from Ghazipur, originally... | |
| Charles Henshaw Ward - 1920 - 584 pages
...if my companion had not rescued her. 1. Benares and Its Rajah (1) His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. (2) It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings were crowded into that labyrinth of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 542 pages
...nor were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means exhausted. His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveler could scarcely... | |
| 1924 - 1010 pages
...940 m. from * In his essay on Warren Hastings Macaulay wrote thus: "His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was Bombay, 429 m. from Calcutta, 78 m. irom Allahabad, 36 m. from Jaunpur, 45 m. from Ghazipur, originally... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 570 pages
...Looking Backward, Ch. XVII, 85. Liverpool contains nearly half a million people. CHARLOTTE M. MASON. ii. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofiy alleys. MAC, War. Hast., (627 a). The meeting on Kennington Common, so far from being a gathering... | |
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